Over the past two years, developers around the world have helped make Android Market the go-to place for more than 100,000 apps, games and widgets. Previously, you could only access Android Market directly from your device, but today, we are introducing the Android Market website that lets you browse and search for great apps right from your web browser.

The website makes it easy to discover great new apps with a bigger, brighter interface. You can also send apps directly to your Android device with just a few clicks—no wires needed. We’ve built in new social features, too. You can share apps with your friends through Twitter. And you can read and post app reviews directly to Android Market from the web or from your device.

And what about all those apps you’ve already purchased and downloaded? Sign in to the website with your Google account and click “My Market Account” to see all the apps you’ve purchased or downloaded. It makes managing all your apps quite easy.

The Android Market website was officially unveiled today during an event at Google headquarters where we showcased Honeycomb (Android 3.0), our latest Android release built from the ground up for tablets. Honeycomb has a completely redesigned user interface, with more interactive notifications and widgets, improved multi-tasking, and the latest and greatest Google Mobile services optimized for tablets. We also showed off pre-release applications optimized for Honeycomb, from over 17 developers including:

AccuWeather

CNN

Disney Mobile

The Economist

Fuze box

Glu Mobile

Google Body

Grocery iQ

Intuit

Ngmoco

Pulse News

Quickoffice

Time Magazine

TouchType

Trendy Entertainment

War Drum Studios

Weatherbug

Zynga

Stay tuned for more at Mobile World Congress (February 14) in Barcelona where you'll see more than 50 developers demoing their latest phone and tablet apps at the Android booth in Hall 8.

Posted by Eric Chu, Mobile Platforms Program Manager

Update (5:20PM): Full video from the event earlier is now available. Check it out!

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I'm not able to sign in with my google account. Whether I select the "Sign in" on the top right or the "My Market Account" on the bottom, it directs me to a google accounts page that says basically nothing but "Invalid request"

@Dawid Gatti: No one has access yet. There is no reason to believe that apps users are not allowed to use the service. Currently, no account is able to access it, as the sign in button just returns invalid request.

* Provide filtering on Free/Paid.* Show cost in user's currency (you can obtain the conversion rate used in the transaction, right?).* Total the cost.* Provide download if information on a page as a spreadsheet (csv).

Was getting the invalid request error, but it is working fine. I like this a lot, as I prefer to get the information about apps from my laptop. Also the ability to send it to different devices is cool as well.

I was able to sign in however when I try to download an app I get the message "There are no android phones associated with this account. Please sign in with a different account." I've had this google account associated with my phone for almost a year now. What gives!?

It's working really well now and this is exactly how it had to be (and should have been for some time). Only concern I have is that Apps are being Downloaded automaticly and that's sometimes not what I want to do because my Phone is not on WiFi. So a download queue or an option for WiFi-only would be nice to have.

EVERYTHING working perfectly. Of course there's room for improvement (as in ALL things in life). Those who want their docs can use Google's Chrome to Phone straight from their Chrome browser. Music streaming coming next month... can TV & Movies be next...???.. YES !!! The Best platform is setting new standards for the future.. Today ! Thankyou Google !!!!!

i tried to install apps from web android..it says apps installed on air interface( as i linked market account with my android phone) but when i checked it on my phone its not installed...! i'm perplex..did i missed something ?

I'm rather dissapointed. There's no significant difference to phone's market. And paid apps are still blocked - at least for some non-US countries. Like the rest of the world doesn't use credit cards or paypal?

Looks like there's a problem with a lot of people's gmail accounts where their android devices aren't showing up in the new market settings. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?fid=1c88c8d311c1b54000049b61e24eaada&hl=en

It doesn't work with mine and a million other accounts saying "There are no Android devices associated with this account." even though there most certainly are. Come on Google - stacks of people are having this problem - please sort it out!

GAFYD Update: Just got an email last night notifying me that my Google Apps for Your Domain account had been "transitioned to function more like a full Google Account" -- and lo and behold, now I can get into the Web Market using that account.

Spent the entire time since launch trying to get the Web Market to actually download anything to my phone. Finally managed to get it working yesterday. Now the Web Market no longer thinks I own an Android phone.

I tried to access android market using firefox and was told it was not trusted because the certificate belongs to google.How can I trust a product that uses someone elses certificate?Reads as shoddy practice to me.